June 17 (SeeNews) - Croatia's president Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic said on Friday, after concluding consultations with political parties following the government's fall on Thursday, that no party has convinced her it has the majority to form a new government, and urged the parliament speaker to consider the dissolution of parliament as soon as possible.
"A clear majority of MPs have taken the stance that early parliamentary elections should be called. The constitutional deadline of 30 days for consultations is impossible to shorten, and respecting the will of a majority of MPs and a majority of Croatia's population, I appeal to the speaker of the parliament to hold a debate and make a decision on the parliament's dissolution as soon as possible," Grabar Kitarovic said during a press conference aired live by local broadcasters.
Following her address to the media, Croatia's opposition SDP Tweeted: "We have 85 signatures for the dissolution of parliament and will head to the polls in September".
According to SDP, the parliament session on its dissolution will be held on Monday.
Croatia's prime minister Tihomir Oreskovic lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday after 125 out of 142 attending MPs voted against him, spelling the end to the country's 5-month old government.
Croatia's political crisis escalated last month when the Most ministers voted in support of a motion launched by SDP for a no-confidence vote against HDZ leader Tomislav Karamarko over alleged corporate interests.
Earlier this week Karamarko resigned as first deputy prime minister after a parliamentary committee found him as being in conflict of interests in relation to his wife's business ties with a consultant working for Hungarian energy group MOL.